misc Coffee Cups for Dolphins What could be the meaning of this bizarre pictograph? It seems to us to be pro-litter! (SFist waxes indignant on the topic of litter here and here.) Our top three possible intended meanings:
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Ritual Coffee Roasters Wins Some Sort of Coffeee Pouring Award Congratulations goes out to Chris Baca of Ritual Coffee Roasters after he "dazzled" judges at the Specialty Coffee Association of America's Western Regional Barista Competition this past Sunday. The barista outperformed, outwitted, and
SF News Adult Sippy Cups All the Rage On Bart Although Peet's Coffee kiosks will open up at lucky BART stations later this year, it seems that you won't be able to drink your morning drug while riding to work. Pft. A heavy
SF News 150 Arrested At Yesterday's Anti-War Protest, Cake and Coffee Served Around 150 protesters were arrested during yesterday's anti-war protest -- "a lesson on how to do it right," raves C.W. Nevius! -- during a rally that was, for the most part, a
misc Starbucks' National Re-Programming Camp - Did It Work? Visitors to all the standalone Starbucks across the country yesterday evening couldn't get their buzz on. Why? Because of the temporary national shutdown. Starbucks workers, like these on busy Masonic (where there will
misc Bars and Cigarettes, Together Again? That's when this article on bars working around the smoking ban in Minnesota caught our eye. According to the article, "Dozens of bars are expected to stage 'theater nights' this weekend in which
misc Why, Starbucks, Whhhhyyyyyy??? So what exactly does that mean? They're closing up shop because the higher-ups have decided that your favorite barista has been serving you pure swill for coffee these past years. Starbucks wants to
misc Remember: BART Gives Away Free Fair Trade Coffee Tomorrow Tomorrow is BART Rider Appreciation / Thank You Day, and you, dear BART riders, will reap the benefits. The people at TransFair USA will give away 50,000 coupons for a shot of fair
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink $20,000 Coffee at Blue Bottle Cafe In addition to finding such high-end breakfast items as "pancetta souffle ($9.50), porcini flan ($11), egg and potato torte with warm bread ($5.50) and morel poached eggs ($8)" on Blue Bottle
misc Statistically Insignificant Study Shows Caffeine/Miscarriage Correlation Why such a small study is making headlines in print and on television, we have no idea. The lives of pregnant women are already so limited, what with no drinking allowed, no drugging
misc Come Help BART Give Away Free Fair Trade Coffee! Mark your calendar: January 31, 6:00 to 9:00 AM, at the more stations, like Embarcadero, Powell, Montgomery, and Civic Center, and maybe even a station in Oakland and Berkeley. Bene. Molto
misc Tales from the Storm First off, our heart goes out to all of you who took the Ferry this morning. Do you need dry some toast or Ginger Ale? Because: barf. SFist received word from one poor
SF News Digging MySpace's New Digs The sexy cats over at ValleyWag have the fresh MySpace office shots that you want. Or not. Formerly the home of LookSmart, the new space will be able to call other fresh, hip,
Arts & Entertainment Tippling with Kipling, San Francisco 1889 Ah, today should be a citywide holiday, it really really should. December 5th marks the 74th anniversary of the end of Prohibition, just a tick of the geological clock since that final state
Arts & Entertainment Photo du Jour 05 Why, what a delightful holiday refreshment table shot. Found in our Flickr page, and taken at some festive party this weekend, it has all of the staples of an imminent San Francisco gathering:
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews Eugene Robinson By Frances Reade Eugene Robinson has been the leader of S.F.'s most dangerous art-rock band Oxbow since 1989. We don’t mean Oxbow is "dangerous" as in "Tipper-Gore-no-likey." We mean "dangerous"
Arts & Entertainment "Non Sequitur" Art Opening This Saturday at Ritual Roasters Mission hipster haven, Ritual Roasters, is hosting a stellar art event organized by curator/painter/illustrator extraordinaire, Sacha Eckes. The show runs through December 2nd and features artists Timothy Buckwalter, Bill Dunlap, Sacha
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- The Pipettes: This all-female, British, Phil-Spector-sounding band gains more and more popularity by the day. See them tonight so that by next year when they're too big for SF venues, you can
SF News North Beach One of the Top Places To Call Home It really is all about the other side of Market Street now. Along with neighborhoods that we've heard of before like Pike Place in Seattle; Hillcrest in San Diego; and Park Slope in
misc Blocker: 400 Cortland Exploring San Francisco through the lens of city blocks, Blocker is a weekly series by Charles Hodgkins. Look for it on SFist each Wednesday, around the lunching hour. View the map of all
SF News Oh No Chris Kavanagh!: Ed Jew Copycat It seems that he actually lived on 63rd Street in Oakland, where he was in the process of fighting his own eviction by new landlords, and in order to be on the board,
SF News It's Park(ing) Day It's Park(ing) Day, folks. Today's the day REBAR, a San Francisco-based art collective, thought of taking parking spaces and turning them into public ones by creating fun-sized parks. Now cities all over
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Madcat Women's International Film Festival -- Frame by Frame: Experimental film festival's night focusing on animation, claymation, and digital shorts all directed by women. Starts at 8:30 p.m. at El
SF News Day Around the Bay -- Bridge? Closed. (They're gone! Quick, put away the bongs, and bust out the vodka, straws, and mirrors!) [Examiner] -- Near, far, wherever you are, free Wi-Fi must go on. [eWEEK] -- Two
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Alfred Peet, 1920-2007 Mr. Peet, born in Holland, opened the first Peet's at Walnut and Vine in Berkeley in 1966, and watched it spread nationwide (there's Peet's in New England now?). And the rumors you've heard
